Papers of Alexander Balmain and the Balmain family [manuscript], 1776-1895.

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Papers of Alexander Balmain and the Balmain family [manuscript], 1776-1895.

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The papers consist chiefly of the correspondence of Alexander Balmain and Balmain family legal documents. Betty Balmain and Abram Hite are correspondents. In addition the collection contains papers or correspondence of Hudson Martin, Wilson Cary Nicholas, Edmund Randolph, John Charles Randolph Taylor, Bennett Taylor, and the Taylor family. The collection also contains the journal of John Bruce, 1836-1854, transcripts of the same, and lists of students at the Winchester Academy, with notes on Natural Philosophy kept by Bruce and miscellaneous Bruce family papers. The collection also contains some Balmain family legal documents; three items pertaining to the Winchester Colonization Society, including a brief minute book; a "chart of distances from Winchester, Va., and some miscellaneous printed materials.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813

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Edmund Jennings Randolph (August 10, 1753 – September 12, 1813) was an American attorney and politician. He was the 7th Governor of Virginia, and, as a delegate from Virginia, he attended the Constitutional Convention and helped to create the national constitution while serving on its Committee of Detail. He was the first United States Attorney General (1789-1794) and the second Secretary of State (1794-1795) during George Washington's presidency. Born in Williamsburg in the Colony of Virgini...

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1757-1820.

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Wilson Cary Nicholas, from Albemarle County, Virginia, fought in the Revolution, and became a politician, serving in the Virginia General Assembly, 1784-89, 1794-1799, as a U.S. senator, 1799-1804, and as a congressman, 1807-1809. He was governor of Virginia from 1814-1816, and a close associate of Jefferson. From the description of Papers, 1800-1805, 1815-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609119 The son of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780) and Anne Cary Nicholas (173...

Hite, Abram, fl. 1818,

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Martin, Hudson.

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Taylor family.

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Winchester Colonization Society.

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Balmain, Betty,

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Winchester Academy

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Taylor, Bennett, 1836-1898,

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Taylor, John Charles Randolph, 1812-1875.

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Balmain, Alexander.

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Bruce, John, fl. 1836-1839.

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Balmain family.

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Bruce family.

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